Branching out is a sustainable living programme full of innovative ideas and activities linked to the National Curriculum. Resource packs are available on CD, themed around healthy eating; working with willow; and sustainable living. Visits by schools, colleges and community groups are carefully planned to meet individual needs.

Branching Out also offers practical skills workshops for educational providers - make your training day something to look forward to!
Heritage Lottery Fund
North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  

We offer bursery funding for teachers and students. Teachers can receive up to 100% of course costs for INSET days and we can assist in funding students reducing costs from £8.50  per student down to as low as £2.50.

For more information and an application form please click here.

Available on CD, they contain:

  • Practical workshop ideas linked to the Key Stages of the National Curriculum
  • Activity Worksheets
  • Teachers’ Guidance Notes
  • Follow Up Ideas to extend course work
  • Detailed subject information
     

Branching Out offers practical skills workshops for educational providers. Make your INSET day something to look forward to and call to discuss your ideas.

Branching Out has a team of experienced tutors who can offer the programme in your school, college or club. Call for details and pricing.

Branching Out

Suggested Activities
Rural Skills
Traditional Celtic Roundhouse
Gate Hurdles
Natural Dye Garden
Cob Making
Spinning & Weaving
Felt Making
Leather Work Belts, Jewellery & Shoes
Jewellery Making
Rush Matting
Pottery
Mosaics
Sustainable Living
Straw bale Building
Cob Ovens
Cob Structures
Green Oak Frame Composting Toilets
Yurt Making
Lime Rendering
Wattle & Daub
Thatching
Shingle Roofing
Working With Willow
Organic Willow Beds
Sewage Filtration Tree Bog
Living Willow Structures
Yurt Making
Basket Making
Currach Building
Healthy Eating
Well Hill Demonstration Kitchen Garden
Grinding Spelt & Making Bread
Gathering, Cooking and Preserving Food
Celtic Cookery

Our course tutors are experts in their field and passionate about involving young people in sustainable lifestyles.

Some of them are qualified teachers, themselves living on organic smallholdings or in sustainable buildings, happy to inspire new generations of young people.

Pricing depends on numbers of children and choice of activities, starting from £8.50 per child.

We can suggest a selection of activities to fit in with your current National Curriculum requirements, depending on the age of your group. Every visit is tailored to the needs and size of the group.